Topic: How will SOPA affect video game review/forum sites?

Where's a sheeple picture when you need one?

guys, we're teetering very close to a political argument. if we could shy away from that and keep this thread focused on these various internet bills, that would be awesome. :3

Indeed. Time to bring 'em back, Des!

US money is big like euros

don't think that freedoms can't be nibbled away bit by bit, often starting out innocuously

True story: Only Americans give a crap about having 100% freedoms.

_{this is what i'm talking about with politics. keep insults like this middle paragraph out of this thread please, they are unnecessary -- TBD}

I see no logical argument where that same philosophy shouldn't be applied to the Internet. Freedom should be "the right to do as I want as long as it doesn't impact on the livelihood of someone else." Not "duuur I wanna download free movies."

l think someone needs to learn the move: Empathy.

You can even learn it technically, without some machine.

Not everyone who watches Youtube videos on LPs, reviews, trailers, etc. duuuuur downloads free movies.

It's feels like this: Remember in grade school when Jimmy through food at Austin and it started a little food fight? Then everyone in the lunchroom had assigned sits for the rest of the year? I do. A fraction of the people who use the internet to download a game illegally or a bunch of music to their Ipod ruined it for the rest of us. Which is comparable to being treated like a bunch of 10 year olds in Elementary.

Which isn't freedom but rather discipline.

Then not everybody will be affected.

According to SOPA everyone will be punished for other people's actions. _{= Piracy}

Thanks Jimmy and Austin for making the rest of us (kids who didn't do anything wrong), suffer for the rest of the year.

But the non-pirates won't be punished because they're not pirates?

If your not doing something, are you punished for getting it taken away from you?

You're not getting what I'm trying to say. _{I thought my reference would be ace.}

SOPA will block many websites and take away the freedom to even talk about licensed material here in the U.S. For whats going to affect ME has nothing to do with piracy as I have never done it. But because of pirates I won't be able to talk about video games on my blog/Youtube account nor read/watch anyone else's views (Not even IGN's).

The main reason SOPA wants to go into affect, is because of piracy. Do you understand why I'm going to "suffer" if this thing passes? _{I'm an innocent little boy.}

I got what VJ said instantly since it has happened to me many times

Someone does something that ruins it for everyone else- most who had nothing to do with it.

Ahh yes, the beauty of arguments and controversies

We should remember that the U.S. government is in a tricky balance between capitalism and people's welfare. Another important point is that the United States sets one of its main foundation to be freedom of speech and have citizens in power. I don't care how flawed or unflawed it is; it's part of the U.S. and people were raised with that ideology.
_{I promise this is my last politics reply.}

Is there even a likely chance they'll get passed? A lot of major corporations _{eh google eh} are fighting it, but would that make a difference?

On the brighter side, we have Bender.

The Chinese brothers running the gas station across the street from where I work might like to talk to you seeing as how they and their parents are adherents of Falun Gong.

Its funny how Lamar failed so many times. But, its unfair for some douche wanting our liberty taken away and get more money off it.

I thought SOPA had been oppressed.

hope it dont effect canadians

Seeing as how it failed to become law months ago, and thus doesn't exist anymore, I don't think we have anything to worry about currently.

Also, I don't see how it would have affected review sites anyways. It was mainly to be used to try and keep people from sharing music, movies, and games over the Internet (as companies see that as lost profits). Something no legitimate review site (that I know of) engages in. Of course, it would have also opened up the possibility for the govt to try and censor the Internet even more in the future, had it passed. As I said before though, it didn't pass, so all of this should be behind us for the time being.